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Vancouver Whitecaps v Houston Dynamo : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mon 18th Aug, 02:00 BST, BC Place Stadium, Vancouver

Vancouver Whitecaps are in Major League Soccer action on Monday morning, as Jesper Sørensen aims to beat Ben Olsen and his Houston Dynamo side at the BC Place Stadium. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with additional weight applied to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As loyal fans of Houston get ready for this clash, they may well be excited for what's in store. After reviewing the relevant statistics and past head-to-head (H2H) fixture history, it looks as though over 2.5 goals will be a worthy bet, as both clubs know they way to goal and either could get the win. The prediction and odds are both pointing in the same direction: over 2.5 goals is a smart bet.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Vancouver 53%	7/10	13/20
Draw 22%	13/5	27/10
Houston 25%	4/1	10/3
Draw 1-1 10%	6/1	6/1
Vancouver 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Vancouver 1-0 8%	15/2	13/2
Vancouver 2-0 8%	8/1	15/2
Houston 2-1 6%	14/1	12/1
Vancouver 3-1 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	12/1
Houston 1-0 5%	16/1	12/1
Vancouver 3-0 5%	12/1	11/1
Draw 0-0 4%	12/1	10/1
Vancouver 3-2 4%	20/1	18/1
Houston 2-0 3%	25/1	20/1
Vancouver 4-1 3%	22/1	18/1
Houston 3-1 3%	40/1	25/1
Houston 3-2 3%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	7/10	4/6
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	11/10	11/10
Home 1st Goal 53%	8/15	8/15
Away 1st Goal 44%	8/5	17/10
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1	10/1
BTTS - Yes 61%	4/6	4/6
BTTS - No 39%	11/10	21/20
BTTS - Home Win 29%	9/4	11/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 14%	15/2	13/2
Home/draw 75%	1/6	2/11
Away/draw 47%	11/10	11/10
Home/away 78%	2/7	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	1/5	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	10/3	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 40%	13/8	8/5
Under 3.5 Goals 60%	4/9	4/9
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	4/1	18/5
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	1/6	1/6
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	9/1	8/1
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/16	1/18
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	12/1	10/1
Home DNB 69%	1/4	2/7
Away DNB 40%	11/4	12/5
Vancouver win to nil 24%	9/4	-
Houston win to nil 10%	9/1	-
Vancouver / Vancouver 32%	8/5	6/4
Vancouver / Houston 2%	33/1	33/1
Vancouver / Draw 6%	12/1	12/1
Draw / Vancouver 17%	15/4	18/5
Draw / Houston 8%	9/1	9/1
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	19/4
Houston / Vancouver 4%	20/1	18/1
Houston / Houston 11%	7/1	13/2
Houston / Draw 5%	14/1	14/1

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vancouver	3 - 0	Sporting KC
Vancouver	3 - 5	San Diego
Vancouver	3 - 0	Seattle
Vancouver	0 - 0	Minnesota
Vancouver	2 - 2	LAFC
Vancouver	2 - 1	Salt Lake
Vancouver	5 - 1	Austin
Vancouver	2 - 0	Colorado
Vancouver	1 - 3	Chicago
Vancouver	2 - 0	Montreal
Vancouver	2 - 1	LA Galaxy
Vancouver	3 - 0	LAFC
Vancouver	5 - 0	Portland
Vancouver	1 - 2	LAFC
Vancouver	0 - 1	Minnesota
Vancouver	0 - 3	Seattle
Vancouver	1 - 1	Portland
Vancouver	2 - 0	San Jose
Vancouver	0 - 0	Dallas
Vancouver	3 - 4	Houston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Vancouver	3 - 0	Sporting KC
A	Vancouver	1 - 1	San Diego
A	Vancouver	3 - 0	Houston
A	Vancouver	0 - 3	Colorado
A	Vancouver	0 - 3	LA Galaxy
A	Vancouver	1 - 0	LAFC
H	Vancouver	3 - 5	San Diego
A	Vancouver	1 - 2	Columbus
H	Vancouver	3 - 0	Seattle
H	Vancouver	0 - 0	Minnesota
A	Vancouver	3 - 2	Salt Lake
A	Vancouver	0 - 0	Austin
H	Vancouver	2 - 2	LAFC
H	Vancouver	2 - 1	Salt Lake
A	Vancouver	3 - 1	Minnesota
A	Vancouver	0 - 0	Saint Louis City
H	Vancouver	5 - 1	Austin
H	Vancouver	2 - 0	Colorado
A	Vancouver	0 - 0	Toronto
H	Vancouver	1 - 3	Chicago

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Salt Lake	1 - 0	Houston
San Diego	3 - 4	Houston
Minnesota	3 - 1	Houston
NY City	0 - 3	Houston
San Jose	3 - 3	Houston
Dallas	0 - 2	Houston
LAFC	2 - 0	Houston
LA Galaxy	1 - 1	Houston
Portland	3 - 1	Houston
Seattle	0 - 0	Houston
Columbus	0 - 0	Houston
Seattle	0 - 0	Houston
Saint Louis City	3 - 0	Houston
Seattle	1 - 0	Houston
Austin	0 - 1	Houston
LAFC	0 - 2	Houston
Vancouver	3 - 4	Houston
San Jose	0 - 1	Houston
Salt Lake	3 - 2	Houston
DC United	1 - 4	Houston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Houston	1 - 1	Philadelphia
H	Houston	0 - 3	Vancouver
A	Houston	0 - 1	Salt Lake
A	Houston	4 - 3	San Diego
H	Houston	1 - 0	Saint Louis City
A	Houston	1 - 3	Minnesota
H	Houston	1 - 3	Montreal
H	Houston	1 - 3	Sporting KC
A	Houston	3 - 0	NY City
A	Houston	3 - 3	San Jose
A	Houston	2 - 0	Dallas
H	Houston	2 - 0	Minnesota
H	Houston	1 - 3	Seattle
A	Houston	0 - 2	LAFC
H	Houston	2 - 0	Austin
H	Houston	2 - 2	Colorado
A	Houston	1 - 1	LA Galaxy
H	Houston	1 - 0	LAFC
A	Houston	1 - 3	Portland
A	Houston	0 - 0	Seattle

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Vancouver

Houston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

VAN

HOU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Vancouver
	3 - 4	Houston
Vancouver	6 - 2
Vancouver	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Vancouver	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Houston

Vancouver

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

2 / 8

VAN

HOU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Houston
	0 - 3	Vancouver
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Houston	4 - 1
Houston	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Houston	2 - 1
Houston	3 - 2
	1 - 2	Vancouver

Goal Statistics

	Vancouver	Houston
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 86% probability that Vancouver will score 1 or more goals	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Houston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+7 Vancouver’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+17 Houston have scored 17% more goals when away than predicted
	2.0 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season

10%

better

VAN

HOU

view stats

Games scored	18		19
Failed to score	6		5
Scored first	13		11
Goals scored	42		30
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.3
Avg. shots per game	10		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	18		14
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.2
KickOff rating		+10%

26%

better

VAN

HOU

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Games conceded	13		16
Clean sheets	11		8
Conceded first	7		11
Goals conceded	26		39
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		19%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+26%

Vancouver v Houston Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Vancouver Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	11	5	5
Y Takaoka	B White	S Berhalter	Édier Ocampo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Takaoka GLK	24			-
R Veselinovic DEF	21		1	1 -
Édier Ocampo DEF	21	1		5 -
T Blackmon DEF	21	2		3 -
J Mbende MID	21	2	3	1 -
D Ríos FWD	21	2	2	1 -
T Johnson DEF	20	1	1	3 -
R Priso MID	20		2	5 -
S Berhalter MID	19	2	5	5 -
E Sabbi FWD	19	5	2	4 -
M Laborda DEF	18	3	1	3 -
A Cubas MID	18			5 -
J. Badwal MID	16	1	1	1 -
B White FWD	16	11	1	3 -
J Nelson FWD	15	2	5	3 1
B Utvik DEF	14			1 -
A Ahmed MID	14		5	2 -
S Adekugbe DEF	7	2		-
B Halbouni DEF	5			1 -
G. Bovalina DEF	3		1	-
R Gauld MID	3	1		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	23	5	9
B White	B White	S Berhalter	S Berhalter

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B White FWD	11	23	1	2
E Sabbi FWD	5	12	2	1
M Laborda DEF	3	5	1	3
T Blackmon DEF	2	2		2
J Mbende MID	2	5	3	6
D Ríos FWD	2	8	2	3
S Berhalter MID	2	9	5	9
J Nelson FWD	2	6	5	8
S Adekugbe DEF	2	2		1
Édier Ocampo DEF	1	8		1
T Johnson DEF	1	2	1	2
J. Badwal MID	1	1	1	2
R Gauld MID	1	3
R Veselinovic DEF		4	1
R Priso MID		1	2	2
A Ahmed MID		3	5	7
G. Bovalina DEF		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1303	47	84
T Blackmon	S Berhalter	S Berhalter

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Blackmon DEF	1303	22	81
R Veselinovic DEF	1109	16	57
S Berhalter MID	849	47	84
A Cubas MID	728	45	65
M Laborda DEF	725	38	79
Y Takaoka GLK	706	1	11
Édier Ocampo DEF	650	31	81
T Johnson DEF	634	23	65
B Utvik DEF	577	8	35
R Priso MID	486	22	49
J Mbende MID	485	18	57
A Ahmed MID	372	12	40
B White FWD	223	3	53
J Nelson FWD	222	11	64
S Adekugbe DEF	216	3	16
E Sabbi FWD	214	20	67
D Ríos FWD	214	2	25
J. Badwal MID	201	9	27
R Gauld MID	85	5	9
B Halbouni DEF	76	2	4
G. Bovalina DEF	49	1	1

Houston Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	7	4	10
Artur	E Ponce	G Dorsey	F Escobar

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Artur MID	24			3 -
G Dorsey DEF	23	2	4	7 -
F Escobar DEF	22	2	2	9 1
S Kowalczyk MID	22	1	1	3 -
A Bassi MID	22	2	2	3 -
E Ponce FWD	22	7	1	5 -
O Awodesu DEF	19	1		3 1
J McGlynn MID	19	3	3	1 -
E Bartlow DEF	17		2	2 -
J Bond GLK	16			-
O Lingr MID	16	3	1	4 -
B Raines MID	16			5 -
P Ortiz DEF	13	1		4 -
J Urso MID	12			2 -
E Sviatchenko DEF	10			-
D Holmes MID	9			2 -
G Segal FWD	9	2		-
D Steres DEF	8			2 -
E Dueñas MID	8		1	4 -
L Ennali FWD	8	1		-
B. Gillingham GLK	4			-
A Tarbell GLK	4			-
T Olusanya FWD	4		1	1 -
J Maurer GLK	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	4	10
E Ponce	E Ponce	G Dorsey	J McGlynn

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Ponce FWD	7	17	1	2
J McGlynn MID	3	15	3	10
O Lingr MID	3	6	1	2
G Dorsey DEF	2	6	4	8
F Escobar DEF	2	3	2	3
A Bassi MID	2	5	2	4
G Segal FWD	2	3
S Kowalczyk MID	1	7	1	2
O Awodesu DEF	1	1		1
P Ortiz DEF	1	1
L Ennali FWD	1	1		1
E Bartlow DEF		2	2	1
J Urso MID				1
E Sviatchenko DEF		3
D Holmes MID		1		1
E Dueñas MID		2	1
T Olusanya FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1429	49	98
Artur	F Escobar	F Escobar

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Artur MID	1429	45	92
J McGlynn MID	1126	29	57
F Escobar DEF	951	49	98
A Bassi MID	923	17	63
O Awodesu DEF	915	19	65
B Raines MID	667	22	50
E Bartlow DEF	590	17	56
P Ortiz DEF	556	10	27
G Dorsey DEF	555	24	80
S Kowalczyk MID	510	20	61
J Bond GLK	418		8
E Ponce FWD	362	15	97
J Urso MID	355	16	46
E Sviatchenko DEF	330	11	39
O Lingr MID	293	13	55
D Steres DEF	221	5	11
L Ennali FWD	93	1	23
B. Gillingham GLK	82	1	2
A Tarbell GLK	82
D Holmes MID	76	4	11
E Dueñas MID	59	5	8
G Segal FWD	51	2	10
J Maurer GLK	37
T Olusanya FWD	11	1	5